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  Backlash

  The Undeclared War Against American Women

  by Susan Faludi

  Skillfully Probing the Attack on Women’s Rights “Opting-out,” “security moms,” “desperate housewives,” “the new baby fever”—the trend stories of 2006 leave no doubt that American women are still being barraged by the same backlash messages that Susan Faludi brilliantly exposed in her 1991 bestselling book of revelations. Now, the book that reignited the feminist movement is back in a fifteenth anniversary... (more)
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  Blood Done Sign My Name

  A True Story

  by Timothy B. Tyson

  “Daddy and Roger and ’em shot ’em a nigger.” Those words, whispered to ten-year-old Tim Tyson by a playmate, heralded a ?restorm that would forever transform the tobacco market town of Oxford, North Carolina. On May 11, 1970, Henry Marrow, a twenty-three-year-old black veteran, walked into a crossroads store owned by Robert Teel and came out running. Teel and two of his sons chased and beat Marrow, then killed... (more)
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  Reviving Ophelia

  Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

  by Mary Pipher

  The phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller. More than 1.5 million copies sold. Now available from Riverhead. This is the groundbreaking work that poses one of the most provocative questions of a generation: Why are American adolescent girls falling prey to depression, eating disorders, suicide attempts, and dangerously low self-esteem? Dr. Pipher posits that it's America's sexist, look-obsessed... (more)
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  Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes

  by Sharon Lamb

  Winner of the Books for a Better Life Award   Every parent who cares about empowering her daughter should own a copy." - Rachel Simmons, author of Odd Girl Out:  The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls   “...a must-read for parents and teachers who want to steer girls away from marketing schemes that distort female power and authority and toward true self-acceptance and authentic empowerment.” -- Polly Young... (more)
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  Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body

  by Courtney E. Martin

  "Why does every one of my friends have an eating disorder, or, at the very least, a screwed-up approach to food and fitness?" writes journalist Courtney E. Martin. The new world culture of eating disorders and food and body issues affects virtually all -- not just a rare few -- of today's young women. They are your sisters, friends, and colleagues -- a generation told that they could "be anything," who instead... (more)
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  The Soiling of Old Glory: The Story of a Photograph That Shocked America

  by Louis P. Masur

  Sometimes a moment can change history. This one took 1/250th of a second. The photograph strikes us with visceral force, even years after the instant it captured. A white man, rage written on his face, lunges to spear a black man who is being held by another white. The assailant’s weapon is the American flag. Boston, April 5, 1976: As the city simmered with racial tension over forced school busing, newsman... (more)
• THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE THE SECOND VICTORY DAUGHTER OF SILENCE THE SALAMANDER THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMANMorris West

  

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  THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE THE SECOND VICTORY DAUGHTER OF SILENCE THE SALAMANDER THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN

  by Morris West

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  The Devil's Advocate Backlash Daughter of Silence The Salamander The Shoes of The Fisherman

  by Morris West

  861 pages.